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Oceanography
Water and Sea Water
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Environmental Studies
Undergraduate 1
09/23/2010

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Term

What are some unique 

properties of water?

Definition

1. All 3 material states exist in nature under earth surface cond.

2.Highest heat capacity of all common liquids

3. very high melting and boiling points

4. Highest solutability 

5.Highest surface tension

Term

What gives water its 

unique properties?

Definition

Asymmetrical molecular structure which imparts magnetic polarity to the molecules 


Hydrogen Bonding 


Term
The Water Molecule is...
Definition

Covalently bonded

 

105 degrees

 

Polar

Term
Why does a convex meniscus form? (Surface tension)
Definition
Water molecules are attracted more to each other than air molecules 
Term

Why do concave meniscus form?

 

 

 

 

Definition
Because water molecules are attracted to Oxygen molecules in the glass (SiO2) of the beaker
Term
Heat
Definition

kinetic energy,energy in the form of motion;

refers to the motion (vibration, translation, etc.) of 

molecules

Term

CALORIE

Definition
A unit of measure of heat
Term

LATENT HEAT

Definition
heat energy absorbed or released during a change in material state at a constant temperature 
Term
From Ice to Water
Definition
80 cal/gm
Term
From Water to Water Vapor 
Definition
540 cal/gm
Term
Deflection to the _____ in the Northern Hemisphere
Definition
Right 
Term

Deflection to the _____ in the southern Hemisphere

 

 

Definition
Left 
Term

Maximum Coriolis effect at the ____

 

 

 

Definition
Poles
Term
No coriolis effect at the ______
Definition
Equator
Term

Why doesn't idealized circulation happen?

 

 

Definition
the coriolis effect 
Term
The coriolis is comparable to a _______
Definition
Ball on a merry go round 
Term
Circulation Cell 0-30 degrees
Definition
Hadley Cells 
Term
Circulation Cells 30-60 degrees
Definition
Ferrel Cells
Term
Circulation Cells 60-90 degrees
Definition
Polar Cells 
Term

Zonal Wind Name 

 

0-5 degrees

Definition
Doldrums 
Term

Zonal Wind Name

5-30 degrees

Definition
Trade winds 
Term

Zonal Wind Name

30 degrees

Definition
Horse latitudes 
Term

Zonal Wind Name 

30-60 degrees

Definition
Prevailing Westerlies 
Term

Zonal Wind Name

60 degrees

Definition
Polar Front 
Term

Zonal Wind Name 

60-90 degrees

Definition
Polar Easterlies
Term

Zonal Wind Name

90 Degrees

Definition
Polar high pressure 
Term
Circulation around a high pressure system is called _____
Definition
Anticyclonic (Clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and Counterclockwise in the Southern Hemisphere) 
Term
Circulation around a low pressure system is called ________
Definition
Cyclonic Circulation (Counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and Clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere)
Term
Two High Pressure Zones
Definition
Subtropical Highs & Polar Highs 
Term
Two low pressure zones
Definition
Equatorial lows & Subpolar lows
Term
Coastal Wind - Day
Definition
Sea Breeze (from ocean to land)
Term
Coastal Wind - Night
Definition
Land Breeze (from land to Ocean)
Term
A hurricane (tropical Cyclone) is a large rotating mass of ______ pressure
Definition
Low
Term
The __________ - __________ Hurricane intensity Scale
Definition
Saffir-Simposon
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